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Blackstone, William. Commentaries on the Laws of England. Oxford, 1803; reprint, 1967 (KF385 .B55 1967). This multivolume treatise, a standard for the study of British and early American law, should be consulted by any researcher who is interested in colonial law. It outlines and summarizes the common law of England.
Chused, Richard. “Married Women's Property Law, 1800-1850.” Georgetown Law Journal 71 (1983): 1359. A law journal article that gives a good overview of this group of laws; it suggests locations of relevant collections and provides passage dates and statistics on the impact of legislation.
Hoff-Wilson, Joan. Law, Gender, and Injustice: A Legal History of U.S. Women. New York: New York University Press, 1991 (KF4758 .H64 1990).
Laws Respecting Women. London: St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1777 [Law E Treat ‘Laws’] {LLRBR}. Chronicling the laws affecting women in Great Britain, this treatise provides an eighteenth-century perspective. Interestingly, it presents some issues that society today would view as modern, for instance, the monetary payment a wife should receive if she and her husband agree to live separately.
Salmon, Marylynn. Women and the Law of Property in Early America. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1986 (KF524 .S24 1986). An excellent source for studying property laws in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and South Carolina and their effect on women during the period 1750-1830, this overview addresses the impact these laws had on the social structure of the coloniesBlackstone, William. Commentaries on the Laws of England. Oxford, 1803; reprint, 1967 (KF385 .B55 1967). This multivolume treatise, a standard for the study of British and early American law, should be consulted by any researcher who is interested in colonial law. It outlines and summarizes the common law of England.
Chused, Richard. “Married Women's Property Law, 1800-1850.” Georgetown Law Journal 71 (1983): 1359. A law journal article that gives a good overview of this group of laws; it suggests locations of relevant collections and provides passage dates and statistics on the impact of legislation.
Hoff-Wilson, Joan. Law, Gender, and Injustice: A Legal History of U.S. Women. New York: New York University Press, 1991 (KF4758 .H64 1990).
Laws Respecting Women. London: St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1777 [Law E Treat ‘Laws’] {LLRBR}. Chronicling the laws affecting women in Great Britain, this treatise provides an eighteenth-century perspective. Interestingly, it presents some issues that society today would view as modern, for instance, the monetary payment a wife should receive if she and her husband agree to live separately.
Salmon, Marylynn. Women and the Law of Property in Early America. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1986 (KF524 .S24 1986). An excellent source for studying property laws in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and South Carolina and their effect on women during the period 1750-1830, this overview addresses the impact these laws had on the social structure of the colonies